I don't know about you guys but I feel really down when I don't make much money! Sunday I made 63 bucks and Tuesday I made 18. I was suppose to work tonight but decided not to. I am still feeling really down from not making any money. Suggestions?
I don't know about you guys but I feel really down when I don't make much money! Sunday I made 63 bucks and Tuesday I made 18. I was suppose to work tonight but decided not to. I am still feeling really down from not making any money. Suggestions?
Do you work in a club with lots of other dancers? Which area of the country do you work? Could be a wide variety of reasons with many of them nothing to do with you....





I always go for a good hard workout or just have really hot sex to cheer me up. Take a hot bath with salts and just forget all about work and the negativeness I have felt that day/week.
Take a minute out and just relax just for you.
Then focus on what went wrong...
you live like an ivy vine
you can only survive by clinging onto trees
that's your flaw
put down some roots so you can stand on your own
-Kenpachi
I work on Hilton Head, SC. We have about 10-15 dancers per night. Like about everyone, summers are slow. But no money still gets me down and I have never had two bad nights consistantly.
It sucks to not make any money, but if you realize that it's just business and not personal, you may feel better. Besides, by you not going in tonight, you passed up the opportunity to make more money. You only need one money making night!!
The best thing you can do is remind yourself that it's not personal...and make sure that you save as much money as possible on the nights that you do make money to tide you over on the slower nights.
I just get drunk on the no-money nights. LOL
Seriously, the last time I suffered through a below minimum wage shift, I chatted up a nice guy in the club who told me a story that impressed me much and cancelled any desire for me to feel self-pity. I feel he was telling the truth- it had to do with the death of someone close to him.
SO I look at it this way- sure, I have no money. But I have my health, sanity, and my life is otherwise good. I can always get money some other way. "Tommorrow is another day!"
Originally Posted by madmaxine
I don't quite get drunk ( I drive an hour away ) but I do let me self have a few drinks which is rare, I always try and keep a positive look to it.
1. At least I have a job
2. My old house mom use to always tell use " God gives you bad days so that you'll recgonize the good ones" and from that I start planning my next day.
3. Tommorrow I'm going to bank.... and tonight won't even matter!
Hope it gets better sweetie!
just remember, for every crappy night you had, you had an awesome night
Somehow those don't really stick out, but they should!
Yeah I get really down when I have a couple bad nights in a row. For me I either need to taKe a couple days off or have a good night to get out of the slump. Sharing also helps. If you know that the other girls didn't make shit either then you will feel better and know it's not personal. I always share with my friends at the bar so we know where we are at. Last night sucked at my bar too. I walked with $10 after house fee, which really pisses me off. I think they should give us a break on slow nights, like some bars that I have worked at did. Either that or make house fee a percentage. I'd rather pay 10% and pay $70 on a $700 night and $1 on a $10 night than a set $35 a night. Either that or cancel house fee and just take a cut out of the dances, or a larger cut. I made $50 last night (which still blows) but I would have been a little bit happier had it not all but $10 gone to house fee.
In a black light trance, then go go dance...



Yeah having 10% taken from your total VIP dances is a great way to pay up the house. Too bad our club dosent do that.
30= 3$
100= 10$
500= 50$
Thats how it should be, IMO
Yeah, that is a great idea. Our lap dances are 35 dollars and the house takes 5 bucks. The table dances are 15 and we get to keep all of it. The house fee is 23 dollars starting at 7:00 and increases by 5 dollars every half hour until 11pm then it's 100 dollars. If you don't make a schedule of three days per week then your house fee is automatically increased by 10 bucks. I don't think that's too bad. Plus the on slow nights the manager will cut house fees.
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